Will the stock market fall when baby boomers retire?

[robby]

I don't know a whole lot about the stock market, but it seems to me that the stock market will fall when baby boomes start to retire. Since most of them have their retirement savings in stocks, when they retire, they will need to sell those stocks to live on. Does this make sense or am I missing something?

[Momtwo]

I think you will find that most baby boomers will keep their money in the market to keep growing for them. Yes, they will need money to live on but most will only take 4-5% of their investments out every year which is a safe withdrawal rate so that their money keeps growing and will support them over the next 20-30 years.